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22.2.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union
L
47/1
II
(Non-legislative acts)
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 157/2011
of 21 February 2011
amending Regulation (EC) No 884/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, as regards the financing of intervention expenditure incurred in the
context of public storage operations
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
procedure laid down in Article 195(2) of Council Regu
lation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 estab
lishing a common organisation of agricultural markets
and on specific provisions for certain agricultural
products (Single CMO Regulation) ( 3 ).
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(3) Regulation
(EC)
No
884/2006
should
therefore
be
amended accordingly.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of
21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural
policy ( 1 ), and in particular Article 42 thereof,
(4) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the
Agricultural Funds,
Whereas:
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(1) Article
4(1)(b)
of
Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
884/2006 ( 2 ) provides that expenditure on physical
operations relating to buying-in, sale or other forms of
Article 1
transfer of products is financed by the European Agri
In Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 884/2006, the following
cultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) based on uniform
point (ca) is inserted after point (c):
standard amounts. Moreover, Article 4(1)(c) of that Regu
lation provides that expenditure on physical operations
not necessarily connected with buying-in, sale or other
forms of transfer of products is financed by the EAGF
based on standard amounts or non-standard amounts.
‘(ca) Expenditure resulting from transport inside or outside
the territory of the Member State or from export, on the
basis of standard amounts or non-standard amounts, to
be approved in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 195(2) of Regulation (EC) No
(2) For
reasons
of
clarity,
it
is
appropriate
to
specify
in
1234/2007.’
Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 884/2006 that the
expenditure financed by the EAGF may include costs
resulting from transport inside or outside the territory
of the Member State or from export under certain
Article 2
conditions. The financing of such expenditure should
be subject to an approval in accordance with the
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
( 1 ) OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 171, 23.6.2006, p. 35.
( 3 ) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 February 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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